Bank of Spain Building
| Bank of Spain | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Calle de Alcalá 48, Madrid, Spain |
| Coordinates | 40°25′7.4″N 3°41′39.5″W / 40.418722°N 3.694306°W |
| Construction started | 4 July 1884 |
| Opening | 3 March 1891 |
The Bank of Spain Building (Spanish: edificio del Banco de España) is the main headquarters of the Bank of Spain. Located in Madrid, it lies at the crossing of the Calle de Alcalá and the Paseo del Prado.
History
Works started on 4 July 1884,[1] following a project by Eduardo Adaro and Severiano Sáinz de la Lastra.[2]
Finished by 1891, the building was inaugurated on 3 March 1891.[3]
The building endured a first enlargement process between 1932 and 1936.[4] Further renovations were finished in 1969 and 2006.[4]
In December 1999, the building was declared Property of Cultural Interest, under the Monument descriptor.[5]
The building houses 280 tonnes of the Spanish gold reserve. This gold reserve is protected by a complex mechanism and is placed 37 meters underground. The security system includes three armored doors, a trench with a one-person wide bridge, and a water-flooding system that uses the water from two adjacent rivers that go below the Cibeles fountain, located next to the bank's building.[6][7]
The building was to be used as a film location for the third season of the Spanish series Money Heist, but due to this security system, it was decided to be filmed in the Spanish Ministry of Development.[8]
References
- Citations
- ^ a b Montoliú 2014.
- ^ Ministerio de Educación y Cultura: "Real Decreto 1933/1999, de 17 de diciembre, por el que se declara bien de interés cultural, con categoría de monumento el edificio del Banco de España, en Madrid" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (313): 46565. 31 December 1999. ISSN 0212-033X.
- ^ País, Ediciones El (26 July 2019). "La trampa de agua del Banco de España existe, pero no es como en 'La casa de papel'". Verne (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ "Así de inexpugnable es la cámara acorazada del Banco de España (y sí, también se inunda)". La Razón (in Spanish). 18 June 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ "Así de inexpugnable es la cámara acorazada del Banco de España (y sí, también se inunda)". La Razón (in Spanish). 18 June 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- Bibliography
- Montoliú, Pedro (17 March 2014). "Banco de España: El palacio del tesoro". Madridiario.
- Navascués Palacio, Pedro (1982). "El Banco de España en Madrid. Génesis de un edificio". El Banco de España. Dos siglos de historia 1782-1982 (PDF). Banco de España. pp. 91–129.
